A New Approach to Secularisation on the Individual Level: The Declining Social Significance of Religion in Denmark

Peter Lüchau

doi:10.1163/18748929-00702003

A New Approach to Secularisation on the Individual Level: The Declining Social Significance of Religion in Denmark

Bidragets oversatte titel: En ny tilgang til individniveau sekularisering: den dalende sociale betydning af religion i Danmark

Peter Lüchau

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Abstract

Analyserer sekularisering i Danmark. I stedet for som traditionelt er gjort at definere sekularisering som nedgang i religiøsitet fx kirkegang og tro definerer artiklen sekularisering som en endgang i sammenhængen mellem religiøsitet og verdslige værdier. Konklusionen er at danskerne personlige religiøsitet siger mindre og mindre om deres politiske og moralske værdier.

Bidragets oversatte titel	En ny tilgang til individniveau sekularisering: den dalende sociale betydning af religion i Danmark
Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Journal of Religion in Europe
Vol/bind	7
Udgave nummer	2
Sider (fra-til)	93-115
Antal sider	23
ISSN	1874-8910
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1163/18748929-00702003
Status	Udgivet - 20 jun. 2014

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